Carlos O'Brien's Mexican Restaurant
Carlos O'Brien's Mexican Restaurant
Fresh Guacamole topped with our pico de gallo.
Served with rice and beans.
Chicken chimi covered with jalapeno cream cheese and cheddar served with rice and beans.
Covered with green sauce topped with sour cream served with rice and beans.
Covered with green sauce, topped with sour cream served with rice and beans.
Chicken, beef, red or green chile, or bean served with rice and beans.
Topped with tomato, shredded cheese, sour cream and guacamole.
Topped with guacamole, tomatoes and cheese served with rice and beans.
Fajita beef or chicken, peppers, onions, rice, beans, sour cream, pico de gallo and cheese all wrapped in a giant flour tortilla.
Served with refried beans.
Chicken, shredded beef, ground beef, machaca, or beer battered fish.
With red or green sauce.
With green sauce.
Green corn or spicy beef. Topped with red, green or tomatillo sauce and cheese.
Topped with chicken or shredded beef, black beans, corn, pico de gallo, and cheese.
Bean, chicken, beef, carnitas, red chile or green chile.
Chicken or beef.
Chicken or beef.
Corn tortilla chips covered with diced green chile and cheese topped with green sauce, guacamole, tomatoes, green onions, and olives.
Gluten-free. A delicious blend of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and jalapeno cream cheese.
Two crisp flour tortillas covered with ranchero sauce, tomatoes, cheese, topped with green onions and olives, guacamole on the side.
Gluten-free. Corn tortilla chips covered with green chile, and cheese.
Flour tortilla with melted cheese served open or folded with grilled vegetables.
Gluten-free. Jalapenos jack cheese with onions, tomatoes, and spinach.
Chicken or beef.
Chicken or beef.
Chicken or beef.
Chicken or beef.
Gluten-free. Fresh guacamole made daily with avocado, cilantro, jalapeno, and green chile.
Gluten-free. Mexican-style meatball soup served with corn tortillas.
Gluten-free. Vegetable broth topped with tortilla strips, cheese, and avocado.
Bowl of chile topped with cheese, served with a flour tortilla.
Seasoned shredded beef, ground beef, or chicken served over a tossed salad in a flour tortilla shell sprinkled with cheese, tomatoes, guacamole, and sour cream.
Mix of Iceberg and Romaine lettuce, black beans, roasted corn, tomato, and avocado topped with crunchy tortilla strips and cilantro ranch.
Mixed greens, tomato, cheese and green onions, with your choice of dressing.
2 Mini beef tacos, 2 mini beef chimis, and 2 mini chicken flautas. Served with jalapeno cream cheese.
1/2 lb Sirloin burger topped with American, Cheddar, or Pepper Jack cheese. Served with fries.
Spiced grilled chicken breast sandwich topped with American, Cheddar or Pepper Jack cheese. Served with fries.
Beer battered fish, cabbage, and sauce. Served on a soft bun with fries.
House made spicy wings served with carrots and ranch.
Refried beans mixed with jalapeno cream cheese.
Beer battered fish and fries.
Chicken breast, shredded or ground beef, or carnitas covered with green sauce. A crisp burro with your favorite filling covered with sauce, topped with sour cream and green onions, served with rice and beans.
Black or refried beans, covered with red sauce. A crisp burro with your favorite filling covered with sauce, topped with sour cream and green onions, served with rice and beans.
Covered with red sauce. A crisp burro with your favorite filling covered with sauce, topped with sour cream and green onions, served with rice and beans.
Covered with your choice of red or green sauce. A crisp burro with your favorite filling covered with sauce, topped with sour cream and green onions, served with rice and beans.
Red chile con carne, green chile con carne, and beans, with your choice of red or green sauce. A crisp burro with your favorite filling covered with sauce, topped with sour cream and green onions, served with rice and beans.
Marinated chicken grilled with onions and bell peppers served with refried beans. All fajitas served with sour cream, guacamole and hot flour tortillas on the side, pico de gallo is available upon request.
Grilled carrots, zucchini, mushrooms, onions, red peppers, green peppers, potatoes and yellow squash, served with pinto beans. All fajitas served with sour cream, guacamole and hot flour tortillas on the side.
Grilled shrimp and veggie fajita served with rice. All fajitas served with sour cream, guacamole and hot flour tortillas on the side.
Chicken chimichanga covered with jalapeno cream cheese and cheddar cheese served with rice and beans.
Marinated beef, chicken or both grilled with onions and peppers served in a flour tortilla quesadilla with sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Grilled marinated steak served with rice, beans, chile macho salsa and a flour tortilla.
Tender seasoned pork served with pinto beans, rice, pico de gallo, guacamole and a flour tortilla.
Gluten-free. Filet of salmon topped with mango salsa served with Spanish rice and black beans or grilled vegetables.
Gluten-free. Salt water shrimp lightly marinated served on Spanish rice with black beans and macho salsa.
Baked potato topped with grilled chicken fajita, melted cheese, and sour cream on the side.
Grilled chicken, bell peppers, onions, rice, beans, sour cream, pico and cheese all wrapped up in a giant flour tortilla covered with red or green sauce and cheese.
Gluten-free. Chicken enchilada topped with tomatillo sauce and spinach queso served with beans and rice.
Four mini carne asada tacos topped with white onions and cilantro served with beans, rice and chile macho.
Gluten-free. Spinach enchilada covered with ranchero sauce and spinach con queso served with rice and black beans.
Two beer battered fish tacos topped with spicy sauce, cabbage and pico de gallo served with refried beans and rice.
Gluten-free. Grilled shrimp in an enchilada covered with tomatillo sauce and jalapeno cream cheese, served with rice and beans.
Three eggs cooked your way, chorizo, rice and refried beans served with a flour tortilla.
Two corn tortillas topped with scrambled egg, cheese, and pico de gallo, plus your choice of one, machaca, chorizo, or potato, sour cream on the side, rice and refried beans.
Served with rice and beans.
Red or green chili con carne (beef), served with rice and beans and a flour tortilla.
Shredded or ground beef served with beans.
Served with rice and beans.
Served with rice and beans.
Chicken with green sauce, shredded or ground beef with red sauce. Served with rice and beans
Served with rice and beans.
Gluten-free. Chicken or shredded beef flautas topped with guacamole, tomatoes, and cheese, served with rice and beans.
Your choice of green chile con carne, red chile con carne, shredded or ground beef, or chicken burro.
Your choice of green chile con carne, red chile con carne, shredded or ground beef or chicken burro.
Grilled chicken breast covered with ranchero sauce and cheese, served with black beans and rice, flour tortilla on the side.
Two eggs covered with ranchero sauce and cheese, served with rice, beans, and a flour tortilla.
Covered with enchilada sauce and melted cheese, served with rice and beans.
Chicken chimichanga covered with chile con queso, served with rice and beans.
Served with rice and refried beans or black beans.
Two beef chimichangas, two chicken flautas, bean tostada, green tamale, rice and beans.
Served with rice and black beans.
Gluten-free. Chicken or beef.
Served Enchilada style with green sauce
12 and under only. Includes rice and beans or fries.
12 and under only. Includes rice and beans or fries.
12 and under only. 2 mini shredded chicken or beef tacos, Includes rice and beans or fries.
12 and under only. Includes rice and beans or fries.
12 and under only. Small refried bean and cheese burrito, includes rice and beans or fries.
12 and under only.Small cheese quesadilla, includes rice and beans or fries.
Pint.
Pint.
Fresh baked chocolate chip cookie topped with vanilla Ice cream, chocolate, caramel and whipped cream.
Fresh baked chocolate chip cookie topped with vanilla Ice cream, chocolate, caramel and whipped cream.
A scoop of vanilla ice cream rolled in bran flakes and cinnamon sugar, deep fried and topped with strawberries, chocolate, honey, or caramel and whipped cream.
A sweet mix of apple and pie filling rolled in a flour tortilla and deep fried until golden brown, topped with cinnamon sugar, caramel, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
Sweet cinnamon pastry served with honey.
Scoop of good old vanilla ice cream, topped with your choice of chocolate or caramel and whipped cream.
Gluten-free. Mexican vanilla cinnamon custard topped with whipped cream.
Mini chimis filled with sweet cream cheese. served with strawberry dipping sauce or caramel.
Fresh made daily guacamole, Mexican Avocado, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro, lemon and spices.
Our house favorite salsa
Our hot sauce that is great with chips or that can top our food to add a little bit more "kick"
Hand made with local fresh ingredients, roasted in house, tomato, jalapeno, and a few serrano peppers blended with spices.
Pico de gallo made daily with fresh, tomato, onion, jalapeno and cilantro.
Freshly from family recipes, choose from 4 options: red, green, ranchero, tomatillo.
Fresh local sour cream
Whipped cream cheese with spices and jalapenos.
Jalapeno, jack cheese, mixed with onions, tomatoes, and spinach
Jalapeno, jack cheese, mixed with onions, tomatoes, and spinach
Yummy blend of our Jalapeno cream cheese, cheddar, jack and green chiles.
Yummy blend of our Jalapeno cream cheese, cheddar, jack and green chiles.
Refried beans, jalapenos and jalapeno cream cheese mixed for a delicious dip.
Refried beans, jalapenos and jalapeno cream cheese mixed for a delicious dip.
food
menu
Shredded Beef Chimichanga
drink
Chicken Fajitas
Mini sampler without two items
Fried Ice Cream!
outside
interior
My favorite place, and Shawn is awesome!
Taco Salad
Favourite steak quesadilla
Machaca Fundido! They put the fun in fundido alright! Compliments to the chef!
burrito, burritos and wraps, food, wraps
oysters and mussels, drink
Chicken Chimi con Queso
Green Chili Burro and Shredded Beef Tacos
food, dessert
Fish taco plate * avocado NO extra charge*
Mexican pizza with chicken fajitas, gauc, spinach dip MMMMMMMM!
tacos, food
food, dessert
tacos, food
Macho Street Tacos (4)
Food C.
Aug 14, 2024
We had a really nice lunch. Hot and Fresh. Nice staff.Casual, family style restaurant with light ,open space.Good prices. Quality and quantity.Veggie fajitas were excellent and I'd definitely order them again. Poco pollo fundido looked amazing as well.Im glad we found you again. You've made it back into my restaurant rotation :)
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Robert M.
Jun 15, 2024
My family and I have been going to Carlos O'Brien's since the early 90's, the 12th st. and northern location. Then they opened one closer to my house in Tempe. After a few years they closed down that location and soon after closed 12th Street and northern. We haven't been back since then.Saturday June 15 I discovered that they had 2 new locations and decided to try them again. I have almost always asked for the #13 A little bit of everything.The service was good but the salsa was nothing more than just the taste of tomatoes. No spices, no peppers, or onions, cilantro, sorry tasted almost like catchup just with chunky tomatoes. My meal came out in a good time only 2/3 the size that it was last time my family was there, and the flavor was pretty bland.I went 25 miles from home and was hoping for something closer to the way it was before.The restaurant was very nice inside, but I wouldn't go that far for that kind of bland and flavorless food again. It was a disappointment that it changed that much just because they moved to a different location.
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Deni G.
May 27, 2024
Old time favoriteCarlos O Brien's has always been a stand-by favorite. The food is always tasty, the staff are always friendly, and the prices are wallet friendly.Today, my lunch companion and I decided to feast from the lunch menu. My lunch companion went with rhe taco and enchilada and I went with the Pollo Fundido.The Pollo Fundido was spot on. Who doesn't like shredded chicken, rolled into a flour tortilla, deep fried, golden and crispy. Topped with flaorful jalapeño cream cheese and covered with melted cheddar, served with rice and beans. Such a large serving, you will have leftovers. If you're looking for great service and tasty food, stop in you won't
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A. M.
Aug 30, 2024
Food was fantastic! Service was spot on, never an empty glass. Quite enough to be able to talk and hear each other. We love this place. Keep up the great work.
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Alexander C.
Dec 30, 2023
Two words to consider when looking for old school Phoenix Mexican food, Pollo Fundido. Come on! Shredded chicken rolled into a flour tortilla, deep fried until golden and crisp. Then, it's slathered with jalapeño cream cheese and covered with cheddar, placed under a broiled until the whole operation is melty served with rice and beans. Enjoy it when you can because this is a Phoenix thing. Move away and you crave that gooey cheesy melt combined with crispy tortilla and juicy seasoned chicken. Trust me, I've been trying to find a place in San Diego (home) where I can have this again. Nope, only in Phoenix. Let's also not forget about Cheese Crisp's. A Phoenix thing and cannot be found elsewhere. And NO! A quesadilla is not the same thing so don't even try to correct me because you are wrong. O'brien's, Garcia's, TeePee, etc etc all serve Cheese Crisp's. Paired with house salsa and a sprinkling of fresh chopped lettuce and tomato is equal to heaven. Service here was efficient and friendly. Drinks, salsa bowls and chips were always full and plenty. Food come out fast so be sure to "course" out your meal as you see fit. Inside booths and tables were comfortable and not too close to your neighbors. Until my next trip to Cheese Crisp homeland..."I don't care if my lettuce has DDT on it, just as long as it's crisp." -Jorma Kaukonen
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CeCe H.
Aug 7, 2024
A Sunday afternoon staple at my house!! Great happy hour with yummy margs. Green corn tamales and chicken tacos are a must.
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Dan W.
Jul 2, 2024
This was really good. I remembered having liked it when visiting PHX years ago so we went. No regrets on that decision. The green corn tamale is something you have to try if you have not. It's a bit of a local thing but awesome. The fajitas and margs are good too. Yum! Go try this place. Also the portion sizes are huge so keep that in mind when ordering.
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Alyssa H.
Jun 6, 2024
I went on Mother's Day and maybe because it was busy but the service was extremely slow. Probably the slowest I've ever experienced. We waited sooo long for our food. The food was decent but it wasn't anything spectacular. I definitely won't be back.
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Elisabeth P.
Oct 2, 2023
The parents and I were at the Mayo for a procedure, and after 10 days, my dad was really tired of cafeteria food. During my trip to visit and help, I introduced him to Uber, and his request was tacos. This place popped up as close with good reviews, so we stopped in here for lunch. It's big inside, so we had no issues getting a nice booth to sit in. Our server was helpful, and the menu labeled for gluten-free. I had tacos with sides, two flavored margaritas, and the papa had a chili relleno and taco. We also ordered fajitas to go for the sick mama.Everything came out hot and gooey and was delicious. My dad was super happy to get something other than hospital food. The margaritas were great, and I also enjoyed the chips and salsa. It's definitely a good spot for the Americanized Mexican food we know and love.
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JC K.
Mar 9, 2024
4/5. Ordered Pollo Fundido to go. Added jalapeños. Flavors were wild. Chicken (pollo) was a little too chunky and not much flavor for my liking. But the other ingredients were great. Service was pleasant and quick. Pretty sure I will be back again. Good job
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